Resouces for Homeowners and Commercial Property Owners

          1.          New Jersey Clean Energy Program                        http://www.njcleanenergy.com

          2.          PSE&G Solar Loan Program                                    http://www.pseg.com/customer/solar/index.jsp

                 PSE&G Solar Loan process       http://www.pseg.com/customer/solar/process1.jsp

          3.      Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency  http://www.dsireusa.org

          4.          Flett Exchange (market value for SREC’s)             http://markets.flettexchange.com/njsrec

          5.          NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory      http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_photovoltaics.html

          6.          Industry Recruitment/Support  Edison Innovation Clean Energy Manufacturing Fund - Grants and Loans

          7.          Production Incentive  NJ Board of Public Utilities - Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs)

          8.          Property Tax Exemption  Property Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Systems

          9.          Sales Tax Exemption  Solar Energy Sales Tax Exemption

         10.        State Grant Program Edison Innovation Clean Energy Fund

         11.        State Loan Program Clean Energy Solutions Capital Investment Loan/Grant Program;  Home Performance with Energy Star Program

         12.        State Rebate Program

a.        COOLAdvantage Program

b.        ENERGY STAR Homes Program

c.        Energy Star Product Rebates

d.        Home Performance with Energy Star Program

e.        New Jersey Comfort Partners Program

f.         New Jersey Customer-Sited Renewable Energy Rebates

g.        New Jersey SmartStart Buildings

h.        Pay for Performance Program

i.         Solar Domestic Hot Water Pilot Program

j.         WARMAdvantage Program

        

Solar Electric Energy System Basics

  • Solar Panel Array (module/panel/array) - Collects the suns energy in DC power
  • Inverter converts DC to AC power
  • AC Disconnect for safety to shut down the system
  • Home/Business main electric panel
  • Net Utility Meter - rotates in both directions to send power to the macro electric utility grid